pizza. part{e}

gluten free margarita pizza.

julianne's family owned a pizza place.

fabulous crust. mmm

girl chat

just dance 2

friends

enjoyin the pizza/treats/friends

if you can't stand the heat.

we had a fun relief society party.
we made homemade pizza and played Just Dance 2.

there were mint brownies.
dancing.
lemon water.
rootbeer.
sugar cookies. (courtesy of the chocolate)
laughing.
and tons of pizza. (9 to be exact)


we chatted and laughed together.
we assembled all the pizzas.
in total (excluding the gluten free) we had 9 pizzas.
we cooked for 3 hours and had a blast.


hayley and emily even brought me my very own gluten-free pizza crust.
and guess what?  it was delishhhhh.
i made mine with
fresh spinach,
fresh roma tomatoes,
fresh mozzarella cheese
and basil.


also on the menu were:

canadian bacon and pineapple
cheese
pepperoni
margarita




this is a must. 
loved it.
most of all, love all these girls.
we always have so much fun when we get together.


Happy Friday

excitement in the air.

Cafe Rio.
the most exciting thing to happen to
little ol' Spanish Fork in over a DECADE.

pork salad, lovely.
(*obviously not a kosher meal...)

youth

so, i'm hesitant to post this at all, but i've just gotta ask.
what do you think about dating a younger man?



and i'm not talking about this:

not a wee small child.  gross.








i am talkin about this:

dating someone who may be a few years younger than you. 
lets say, hypothetically, 2 years younger than you. 

do you think that's an issue?

tell me, what's your opinion?

won ton.

once upon a time my awesome dad went to MBA school.

while there, my dad's friend from Taiwan taught him how to make

won-tons.

mmm delish.

my dad makes these all the time. 

they are one of my favorite things to eat.

we (when i say we, I really mean HE) make them

for christmas,

new years,

 family parties,

and just for the heck of it.

cabbage.

pork.

onions.

brown sugar.

ginger root.

then roll that up into tofu skins and steam.

voila!

tasty tasty tasty

won tons.

love me.

i can't make you love me

no siree, no i can't.
this is something that i have come to realize over the 23 years i've been on this planet.
you can't force people to love you. like you. tolerate you.

you can't force people to do anything at all.
rather, you can be loving towards them and understanding.
try to set your prejudices and emotions aside and understand their point of view.
it's hard to try to do this in dating.
i know i blog a lot about dating.
but guess what?  I'm single.  so get over it (i mean that in the kindest way)

the last guy i dated was incredible. but i realized that i couldn't make him 'love' me more. and i couldn't make myself 'love' him more either.
sometimes things just don't work out.
for no reason at all.

and guess what? i am totally fine with that.
now.
it took me a little while to get used to.
and a lot of time on my knees.
but guess what? i believe in karma.
i believe in a superior power in the heavens above.
i believe that every single teeny tiny little thing on this earth happens for a reason.
actually, i don't believe that.
i KNOW that.

i believe that there are bigger and better things in store for me down the road.
i have so much to celebrate and be grateful for.
my family.
my jobs. (yes, there are 3 of them)
my friends.
my church.
my life.
my health/strength.

i am a blessed lady.  and i am feeling so blessed today.
enjoy this cute little video.





have a great Sunday

the windy city.

i know this is like a month in advance, but i am turning to you, my dear blog friends for some advice.

i'm going on a little work-cation (who says you can't mix business with pleasure?)
and i want to do some fun things.
are there any cool places to go in the windy city aka Chicago

have you ever traveled there?
what is there to do?

the last time i was in chicago was a gazillion years ago.
so i need some new material.


any help would be greatly appreciated.
mmmkay?
thanks.

THURSDAY

I love me some Coco (Conan O'Brien)

It's THURSDAY all ya'll

songbird

i am still on my fleetwood mac kick.
so sue me?


love this song.
so beautiful.

the winner takes it all

can you tell me where my post title comes from?
if you know where it comes from, i will give you a prize....(seriously, i will)
because i feel bad when not everyone wins!

enough of this mumbo jumbo crap.

can you guess who won the GIVEAWAY?!
can you guess?

Swirls of Happy

congrats pretty lady! please email me to claim your prize
(ashley.warner88@gmail.com)






(*disclaimer* i feel badly when others can't win, so figure out where my post title comes from and you can have a happy prize)

memorial day

we had a lovely memorial day down in the little town of

kanosh and fillmore.

we went to grandpas grave.

baby sister's grave.

enjoyed the snow (not...psh I am so sick of the snow)

it was freezing.

hence me wearing my winter jacket.

brr.

after we went to the graves, and placed the flowers, we went to lunch.

Cluffs Carhop Cafe.

a quaint little greasy hole-in-the-wall joint.

greasy burgers, tasty fries, and fabulous shakes.

it was fun to go down with Grandma Warner too.

we had a great trip to the cemeteries today.

hope you had a splendid memorial day too